does anyone know?

[Anonymous]

i am looking for some sources that cite what kind of nutrition a baby Traces age should be getting. i am looking for specifically, how much protein, fat, calories, iron, calcium, etc he should get daily. i am not having any luck looking for this online as of yet. you would think this would be easy to find, i consider it to be very important! thanks!

[Anonymous]

I think Heidi’s posts have some info on infant nutrition. Here’s one I found in the thread, “Reidun’s story and gathered info.”

http://ta-ze.com/infant.aspx

[Anonymous]

This doesn’t have a specific listing of grams, etc…but I do have the Illinois Foods List that outlines typical “meals” and food ideas to fulfill their nutritional needs. Let me know if you want me to find it.

[hellbennt]

is this helpful?

http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/nutrition/healthyeatingfo rchildren/1to3yearolds.asp

http://drpeds.blogspot.com/2006/03/diet-for-1-yr-old-baby.ht ml

diet for 1 yr old baby

for a 9 kg child her daily intake of calories should be around 900 cal
on an average, a good feed if prepared as per instructions contains around 100 calories per 100 ml

a full meal for a child of 9 kg will be around 150 calories 6 times a day.
so fo these 150 calories: you can distribute over different items
vegetable usually contain less calories but more of nutrients, pulses contain more proteins & cereals and fruits contain more carbohydrates. oils and fats and some pulses contain good fats.
a good feed includes around 60-70% cereals, 15-20% pulses and 10-15% fat.
on an avaerage
100 g cereal = 150 cal100 g pulses = 100 cal1 ml oil = 50 calories
banana and egg are high calorie and in addition egg is a high quality protein.
CONFUSED?………….
Thats what your normal diet must be! so for 10 kg or 1 year child, he should be eating half of a diet of an adult.
so he should be taking something closer to 1/2 wati rice-pulse twice a day 1/2 bread twice a day 2 milk feeds twice a day,with one or half serving of banana and other fruit %2B Juice %2B/- soups !
that should be ok!
dont be strict, give your baby some liberty to what he takes.
As long as his weight is normal for age, he must be doing / eating Ok for age !

MILK REQUIREMENT DECREASES AFTER FIRST YEAR OF AGE.

MILK ISNT THE ONLY DIET FOR KIDZ MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AGE.

BISCUITS WITH MILK SEEMS TO BE AN EASY DIET, BUT MAY HAVE ITS OWN PROBLEMS.

FORMULA MILK IF NOT GIVEN PROPERLY MAY HAVE ITS CONSEQUENCES.

ITS IMPORTANT TO WEAN THE CHILD FROM MILK, YES EVEN COWS MILK AND FORMULA MILK AND FEEDS… AS THE BABY IS NOW 1 YR OLD.

NEED FOR DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS AND CALORIE INCREASES TREMENDOUSLY AS BABY IS NOW MORE ACTIVE AND RUNNING AROUND; AND BABY IS NOW CAPABLE OF CHEWING SOLIDS AND SEMISOLIDS.

DONT YOU COOK NORMAL DIET FOR YOURSELF?

EATING CAPACITY OF A 1 YR OLD CHILD IS AS GOOD AS HALF OF YOURS. IF THE BABY DOESNT GET PROPER QUANTITY, ITS MORE LIKELY THAT BABY MAY GET MALNOURISHED… AND MAY BE VITAMIN DEFICIENT.

SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

USE THE SAME DIET ITEMS AS YOU DO.

INTRODUCE A NEW FOOD SLOWLY IN SMALL QUANTITY, AS SMALL AS PINCH , MAY BE EVEN ONCE A DAY.. BUT ALMOST EVERY DAY.

LET THE CHILD GET USED TO THE TASTE.

THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OVER A WEK OR TWO SO THAT BY END OF MONTH HE IS TAKING THAT FOOD LIBERALLY.

SO, THIS WAY INTRODUCE A VARIETY IN DIET.

NOW WHATS THE REQUIREMENT OF A 1 YR OLD KID?

IT IS ALMOST 1000 CALORIES PER DAY.

HERE IS A SCHEDULE FOR EXAMPLE:

BREAK FAST:

100ML MILK 8 AM = 70 CAL

WITH 1 BREAD = 100 CAL

SMALL MEAL =

VEG SOUP THICK = 60 CAL

HALF ROTI = 50 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL = 100 CAL

LUNCH =

HALF GHEE ROTI = 80 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL /VEG = 100 CAL

EVENING SNACK =

FRUIT SALAD SMALL BOWL = 50 CAL

MILK 50 ML WITH SUGAR = 100 CAL

DINNER:

HALF GHEE ROTI = 80 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL /VEG = 100 CAL

100 ML MILK 8 PM = 70 CAL

HALF BANANA 50 CAL

THIS IS JUST A GUIDELINE, DONT BE SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS KID WILL ASK FOR FOOD.

SAME FOOD QUOTA CAN BE DIVIDED TO FEED OVER 1-3 HOURS RATHER THAN INSISTING HIM TO FINISH ALL IN AN HR.

THIS IS OFCOURSE ONCE THE CHILD HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO THESE DIET ITEMS.

ONE CAN SEEK FOR MORE VARIETY.

hellbennt2007-6-17 16:47:24

[Anonymous]

Coming from a dietitians prespective, we don’t set strick guidelines for infants, we just want them to be eating well balanced meals that provide as many of the food groups as possible. Trace will let you know when he is hungry, not all kids eat a ton, so try not to worry, just make sure you are offering him a good balance of the things he can have. I know you have had to cut out a ton b/c of his intolerances and that makes getting enough fats difficult and probably proteins as well since he is so young, but try to use good unsaturated fats when you cook and get as much meat, veggies and fruit in him that he will take and he should be fine. They don’t have really strict guidelines b/c children are so individual and if one child is forced to eat it can cause problems with overeating as they get older etc.

[Anonymous]

thank you all!

amy-while i appreciate the thought-the listings in those types of menus are mostly things that i personally dont find very nutritious, and also most of them interfere with Traces intolerances.

Beth-i had no idea you are a dietician how cool! thats interesting info!

christine and laura thanks for the links.

[Anonymous]

There’s quite a bit of info on the internet if you do a search for “nutritional requirements and toddler”.

I didn’t read these, but here are a few links:

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/food/general/toddler_food.h tml

http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tpnutrition/0,,3b1k,00.html

http://www.wholesometoddlerfood.com/Toddlers.htm

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